The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-06
LEADS THEM ALL.
TEE DIAMOND EARRITG CON1Esr Ar
THE MASONIC FAN

Inc Laoies VINO are On uebccen's mect
WIN this be the Greatest Of All Fairs
The mostpopular young lady at the Masonic
fair is Miss Mile Thomson. who leads all the
others in the voting under the name Of Rebecca
at the well. II Miss Carrie samuels doesn't bea,
her, she will walk of With tho Hammond ear.
rings as we'll as that unsubstantial trophy
known in the vernacular as the cake. Every.
body in town ought to SEQ Miss Thomson In or.
der to understand how a young woman can
walt on 1000 persons between 8 o'clock and
IL every night, dipping lemonade out Of a bar.
rel, without ever ceasing to look amiable and
coy. and without losing the rudy color
and the graces Of the plump outline with which
she entered on the task two weeks ago. She is
In costume-all except her arms and her neck,
which arc simply in bangles-and wears q sil-
very gown with a tiara Of silver resting on her
raven-black tresses. She has a round. rosy,
and merry face with jet-black eyes and brows
and poutinR red lips, and she keeps two men
painting and perspiring while they out and
squeeze lemons and wash glasses for her. She
has no time for extended conversation while
at work, yet when she sees a friend she is apt,
as she dips one OF her beautiful great pink
arms in the well. to roll her eyes an1iously
and ask:
uni ahead yet%
She always is ahead, Of course. 30 she
smiles moro bewitchingly than ever as she
hands out the lemonade, and the man to whom
she hands 1t goes away to toss in dresmland
with those eyes and that smile lowering over
his couch all night. Through the dream will
iow all the confusion Of the other fascinstions
Of faces. flags. aRd brilliant booths. all moving
to the rich tones Of the organ which W. A.
Covey plays as he sits above the peoples heads
at the organ in the corner Of the big room.
In fha caUna fff1n roopn oH thu Grord ol~n
room, where Miss Thomson. stands-under q
sign. by the way. which says there is immortal
youth In her ~well-there is q candy counter,
where one Of the ~prettiest Of four pretty girls
thells thugar and thweets with the hottest and
motht fathinating lithp in the world. Miss Eva
Martin is one OF these young vendors Of taffy,
and Miss EvanEeelinsn LayImal and her sister
Is nss ss ,wG Gt n tie race aes a Mi sSe o moss Sepnlsl 81 Y hep
e. Esen ., hSs SS%' s t. I'll SSseP at n Ss' !sS Y " ,os n 4;
the other booths in the matter of receipts.
On the stercopticon at Broadway and Twenty:
a shiFe os ser wants ysq 10 5e sse ' Seayt faT % Momes, that bsa #
90 to is the Masonic Fair. To the masculine
bination. The stersopticon does not say that
the tn y, moment ,ntn ia after ter yon you u,i have paid a quarter
with a 10 four1So ,nts' pair bail sin lungs u4as er r,ins 0 oat.
spend your money" and next YOU viii ever6sar
ffodaeA Booth alonssids the 'n door Sf's sfm
Eoins to 1ip ST1ias you Sat two tR,s men eos to bleed lied
tho lot, as the suctionesrs say. and It led last
week to the coaxing Of sls, 1000 out Of the lfteen
90 one ei SocSet. p meEs vo eSeEy % t5a ea Iii q; into . @a 5hs
bob ladies proved the best coaxers. The Chair
G Gna rs mr are h Mps. b 81 HsF wiz sn aaq M fne H Aiss,
Josephy. Lost these names OF married ladies
s aSS wants R54vS to u9 yisia Ss t. sRel the 'ea ySHises
!; : : $f;s ~, .f si s IL, 4, VII III, 4, $ ssss &C., .h & 5! ks I {
Carrie ssmuels is only one Of nineteen young
wsidens With such hesE5.stirring names, as
there is room here to describe. She Is tall and
S S.ss an e,, in her HerS ciarrIiage' wi With dart.brown
IS ssft slot cloth q sNiTav6sFsG hue; i Si he
81. and Ssr sister. N josie tsis's samue eIs. COMES mes
eef Ssp%ss, t slt. tn: sss sIa% as IS. es;s oRsS Sd is Si e
mass Of Way sCyl liEhhff , hsir dressed as Mrs Lang,
pretty pictures BY great painters at the Metro
R %ass n aSsfSs saat aRd r ws3 EsRs a nc f bleo do IS
s Mrs' rr 1hs R E. Tax essseti wife ffeo of sSe GpsDd II M oil:
fair. Tor She gave $1,000. toward t out Of her
who Certainly ought to Be- IN The Is Of ff most
Pop, ~ g girls II mos 2, st.I popular a means pref
plexion, large dark eyes, and a face that is at
h fnfsrs sh1iG1shtTfqbi I'LL S M;sst then H,m merry: but w.t. always ways
beside her. aided in attracting a great many
men who pretended to have no desire SO near
Inc fair OccuDleH the whDla huiliinD Firct
there Is the Grand Lodge room, SO full q booths
that the 1000 persons who crowded into it last
LADY named Miss wolG. who has a meek and
spend another cent. sells chances on the pref
t ttses s H. aa on sSis rqsS UoG t EVER . Tfss IN c GGiisEy.
Sd,,s the : o5 Ss5ssld m Fri r. s,. + o,I SESip 4. 4 :
doris are full Of an overflow Of booths. and the
main room has the Punch and Judy show. On
shs n SO 1e a9G mu sss m married. Es0 t fas e sRe very pre Ss1a toe
the weight Of hSgs. On the next moor is the
N zG%ahs ! Fi1iis H I: M fas swes ens Of s tRa si g. the ao m iair
7. H. Broekway. wife Of the proprietor Of the
msnt com%mittse IL charge p the big restau-
sant; Mrs. to Br0 sf,SGS i9 ds a fS. Donations o1s rs
great hall wSere t the '' show !ake anG place ace
evory night, under, the charge Of Mr.; Sander
son Of Tony Pastors and Mr.. Richard Ftzger-
ald. is a wide passageway. The vast human
tide 10 urged up there to see the show. but
Miss, Munroe stands. out In the hall with her
wonderful smile, and becoming blue suit and
her apron that all the women envy lit Is OF the
texture Of a spiders web and the beauty Of, a
way to the restaurant. They drop In as HEX
Dry nuts fall after the first frost. though up to
that minute they were wishing to 500 the stage
.itdGt%1 to the H,i $1,000 ga" from the ladies' last
week was the weeks proportion Of the sales OF
the 25,00O season tickets at . dollar each. not
to mention the $500 or $500 q night from 90
Gent ticksts OF admission. It's . tremendous
lair. IS all these figures and details indicate,
and the Free Masons hope and believe 1t Will
knock out q al recollection and prominence
The fair OF the Seventh Regiment q few years
which the seventies boys boast 81 as the
only fair worth talking about that New York
aver saw. But then the Masons hays, more to
I, 1Ta nTo 's1m than z mere reglmsnt, There are
zach Mason has Ave IN his family, to say
air 1T least LOCO persons are actually inter
ssted. and 5CO work there every day. different
The purpose Is to build an asylum for the
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